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I can see why they have people that get paid to do this.

I'm going to get some sleep and see how i feel about it later. Now the PS3 won't even work through the yellow/white/red...only hdmi, except i can only get audio through hdmi...

I need a hero

OK game on...got some sleep, went to micro center. I got a 30 foot HDMI cable, a HDMI -> DVI converter, and an optical cable. Will be back with results...

I have my optical out (coax) on my HTPC going to the Denon 2805. I also have the HDMI/DVI cable from my Nvidia graphics card on my HTPC going to my Sanyo Z2 projector which only has DVI inputs.

At the present time I could care less about HD audio as I don't have a Bluray player.

How much did you pay for that cable, a 30ft from monoprice costs less than 30bucks.

I paid 70 bucks for the 30 ft. hdmi cable. I know i could have had it cheaper if i ordered...but impatience is costly...

So for you Borat fans out there... GREAT SUCCESS! I ran the dvi to hdmi to the projector and now the rest of the HDMI's work...including the PS3 and the dvi to hdmi from the htpc!

So I turn on the PS3, pop in my new 300 Bluray I bought, and sit back to relax. It comes through in stereo...no surround sound. So I pull up the menu on the Denon thinking I need to somehow switch it to Dolby True HD...but that's not an option. I figured the PS3/Denon would have automatically picked the best audio source to use (the TrueHD) but apparently not. So now I'm watching 300 through a 1.3 HDMI port on Bluray that has TrueHD support, but watching it in Dolby PLII cinema...a format that takes stereo and fakes 5.1...UGH I know the PS3 outputs the multichannel audio...anyone know how to tell the Denon to use it?

Thanks,

Greg

Is your PS3 set to output in multichannel linear PCM through HDMI instead of bitstream? You'll need to set that.

Thanks CV, will check that now!

I just had the TrueHD revelation this week too. I had my PS3 set to Bitstream the whole time and didn't realize it had to be changed for TrueHD.

For Dolby TrueHD, it has to be set to Linear PCM (you can do this in the settings menu from the main PS3 menus, or while watching a movie, you can bring up the on-screen menu (Triangle button) and choose the AV Settings icon. From there, choose Linear PCM. At this point, if you press select, you will see that it is (should be) outputting in Dolby TrueHD.

The confusing thing is that the Denon will NOT say it is receiving TrueHD, but receiving Multichannel in. Remember that if you have a 7.1 setup, you need to set the default surround back mode in the Denon for each different type of audio input (DTS, Dolby, and Multichannel in). I went for a few days listening to TrueHD without my rear surrounds engaged at all because I didn't realize that I had to set up the surround mode separately for Multichannel in.

It is undoubtedly confusing and I'm still learning something new almost every day about either the Denon, PS3, or Axioms.

Finally, if you're looking for an amazing Blu-Ray to hear TrueHD and the Axioms at their best, get the Dave Matthews Band Live Blu-Ray. It is nothing short of amazing and I'm not even a huge DMB fan.

Yah- the denon only says truehd if the signal is passed via bitsream and the denon is allowed to do the decoding. If any sound format is being decoded in the player it just says multi ch in.

Whew! Long weekend, but I got everything set up with the PS3. It now reads "multi channel in" and I had a pretty kickin' 300 bluray experience. I also think it's pretty cool that Guitar Hero 3 plays in surround sound!

Next task will be making sure that if I play a DVD from the HTPC that the 5.1 carries over through the optical audio out. I haven't tried it yet, but hopefully it will work.

I have to say, at this point, I have had the Axioms up fairly loud (no neighbor complaints yet) and during 300 there were a few scenes where I thought the EP500 was re-arranging my insides. I didn't even know subs could go that low or be that clean while doing it. Everything sounds great and I know I need to do more tweaking to get it perfect. I also have less than optimal room conditions. Everything is still a mess and I am having a cable management nightmare (all cables to surrounds and projector are just tacked up partially due to laziness but more due to the fact that i'm on a lease in an apartment and can't really go in the drywall, also can't go along the floor due to puppies) but when I get it a little more organized I will post pics.

Count me in the anti-audyssey club as well. I ran it a few times and never liked any mix it gave. Always too much front, not enough center, sub, or surround.

Thanks again to everyone who provided me with advice!

Greg